One of my Facebook friends here in Guilford posted this picture of the sunset blurred by the ash of the fires on the other side of the country.
scattered
the east coast sunset
looks like the west
african haze of the
harmattan but our
sun is not muted
by the desert dust
but by the ashes
of trees and homes
the remnants of
incinerated lives
carried cross country
ashes of remembrance
scattered shadows of
solidarity that say
we are connected
by wind and land
by fire and death
by loss and life
tell me why then
is it that I am
caught
by surprise
Peace,
Milton
